Job Search Australia – The Migrants Guide to the Web
The keys to Job Searching in Australia
Whether you are identifying a company you would like to work for, googling a companies name for a job interview, or assessing an industry in Australia – one of the most important skills a job seeker can acquire is job research skills. This is particularly important if you are a new job seeker Australia.
Potential employer’s value applicants that have done their Australian job searching research and who know key information about the company as this demonstrates that you are interested in both the job and the company.
Ultimately this can be the point of difference between you or another candidate landing the job. Ideally you should start your Australia job research before you arrive as the sooner you get started, the quicker you will get that job.
Starting your Job Search Australia Research – Locating Australian Company Information
Company Website
When starting your job search Australia research action plan the best way to start is via the web. Before starting this determine whether the company is publicly held (traded on the Australian stock exchange), privately owned, or a subsidiary of a publicly held organisation. The best way of doing this is to go to the Australian Stock Exchanges website and see if it’s listed. If a company is not listed it may be a private or not for profit company or a subsidiary of another company. If a company is private it may have share capital but is prohibited from making an invitation to the public to subscribe to shares. All registered Australian companies, have a responsibility to supply certain information to the Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC) so you can find some financial information (annual return, ABN) here.
You will find that most companies use their website as a marketing tool for generating and building business. As such they are an excellent source for your job search in Australia and you should take the time to review the information and also the type of language used on it.
After you have established whether it is a public or private company you should look at all the information available on its website:
- What are its products and services (what is new or in decline?)
- It’s history and corporate culture
- Any media releases and newsletters
- The company vision and goals
- Corporate brochures
- It’s business partners or members
- Annual report
- Podcasts or videos
- Current employment and employment values
- Organisational structure and names and contact details of relevant managers (managers, directors, shareholders or major funding sources divisions, subsidiaries, etc.)
- Locations (within Australia and overseas)
- Career paths and advancement opportunities
- Benefits of working there
- Diversity initiatives
Other Job Search Australia tools
Although it can be a time-consuming task you should also be checking out other online website resources that can yield additional company and industry information. You need to find out who are the company’s main competitors and where are its major markets. Also what are the industry trends?
Start by doing a search using a search engine to see if the company appears in any other media or industry related articles. Most Australian newspaper web sites allow you to search their archives for recent articles.
Additional financial statistics and other information can be found in investment reports and other industry/financial publications available on the web eg The Australian Financial Review Shareholder, BRW top 200 companies, Australian Stock exchange (if public), Ibis world database, Dun and Bradstreet Jobson’s online
You can also look at material produced by legal websites like Austlii or legal publishing houses such as CCH to locate cases and decisions to find out if there were any recent legal proceedings that the company was involved in.
Another good job search Australia place is to take a look at companies within your industry that exporting. You can do this by searching the Austrade (The Australian Trade Commission) database.
Shortcutting the Australia job research process – The Migrants Guide to the Web
Your job search Australia research is a time-consuming and sometimes frustrating experience. However there is simple fully searchable resource, compiled especially for migrants and international students looking for work in Australia. Land That Job in Australia: The Migrants Guide to the Web provides a fully searchable career and employment resource for Australia. This excellent guide lays all the resources available out in logical order, including those ‘wish I knew about’ organisations and information, according to the specific needs of new migrants to Australia.
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